Kodak Board Appoints Hess and O'Grady as Vice Presidents

Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester, N.Y., announced that its board of directors has elected Judi Hess and John O’Grady as company vice presidents, effective immediately. O’Grady became director, US and Canada sales, and vice president, Digital and Film Imaging Systems in 2004. Previously, he served as general manager of the company’s digital imaging business in the Americas region. He joined Kodak in 1997 following a 12-year career at Verbatim and has held key business development and regional management positions in Kodak’s digital imaging businesses. Hess became general manager, Workflow and Prepress Equipment, and vice president, Graphic Communications Group in 2005 following Kodak’s acquisition of Creo. Prior to the acquisition, Hess served as president of Creo from 2002 to 2005 and as corporate vice president of Printing Workflow Solutions from 2000 to 2002. She originally joined Creo in 1995 as program manager for Workflow Products.